Kubernetes Dashboard Token Issuance and Access

Before running the dashboard, Docker must be running as a daemon and minikube must be started.

Deploying the Dashboard UI #

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/dashboard/v2.7.0/aio/deploy/recommended.yaml

Command Line Proxy #

kubectl proxy

Creating a Dashboard User #

We will create a service account named admin-user in the kubernetes-dashboard namespace.

ClusterRoleBinding #

cat <<EOF | kubectl create -f -
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: admin-user
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: admin-user
  namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
EOF

ServiceAccount #

cat <<EOF | kubectl create -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: admin-user
  namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
EOF

Issuing a Dashboard Token #

Let's issue a token by entering kubectl -n kubernetes-dashboard create token admin-user.

You can see the token being issued as shown below.